Apple says it’s asked the US-based Fair Labor Association to conduct audits of its final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories that produce iPhones and iPods in the Chinese regions of Shenzhen and Chengdu.
The first inspections took place yesterday morning.
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Warren Lewis, LG’s head of mobile for the UK, is reported to be leaving the company after five months in his role.
He’d been with the company since 2007 and replaced Jim Michel in September 2011.
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Samsung Electronics has announced the GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0), a 7-inch tablet that’ll run version 4.0 of the Android operating system.
The new Galaxy Tab will be available in the UK from March in 3G+WiFi and WiFi-only versions.
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Following press speculation at the weekend, Vodafone has confirmed it’s “in the very early stages of evaluating the merits of a potential offer” for CWW (Cable & Wireless Worldwide).
It points out there’s no certainty that an offer will be made.
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Mark Bridge writes:
It’s not been a good week for Nokia staff, with 4000 of them likely to lose their jobs from factories in Finland, Hungary and Mexico. The company says it’s moving device assembly to Asia, where it’ll be closer to component manufacturers. The three scaled-down factories will remain open with a new focus on smartphone customisation.
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